Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Merchant will focus on a few of the company's large or very complex customers within a designated geographic territory or market. In this role, you will handle critical or complex products that require excellent client relationship skills to maintain competitive positioning.

Key Accountabilities Develop a plan to establish and maintain account relationships and meet personal sales targets. Build a business plan for each account. Coordinate use of resource to provide value added services to accounts. Develop strong client relationships that provide significant input to planning product, price and service strategies. Support supervisor and other sales professionals in developing new market opportunities in the designated territory or market. Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff. Other duties as assigned QualificationsMinimum QualificationsBachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experienceFluency in English and Japanese5 years of sales, key account management experience in food related industry is preferred